Saint Thomas Academy defeats American Legion Post 72
Saint Thomas Academy defeated American Legion Post 72 2232.0 to 2038.4 in the 2024 National Sporter Air Rifle League Post-Season. Saint Thomas Academy was led by Will Sellner who shot a 576.1. The remaining contributing members were Will Carey, Tadhg Harlin, Eric Silgen, and . They are from Mendota Heights, MN, and are coached by Paul Preblich.
Saint Thomas Academy is competing in the Distinguished Division Conference Tournament, and they captured the Junior Rifle Club Conference title finishing the season with an overall record of 7 - 1.
American Legion Post 72 was led by Matthew Lehr who shot a 529.1. The remaining contributing members were Owen Fields, Dalton Hamilton, Julie Taylor, and . American Legion Post 72 is from Warrenton, VA, and is coached by Claude Davenport.
American Legion Post 72 is also competing in the Distinguished Division Conference Tournament, and they finished 2nd in the Junior Rifle Club Conference with an overall record of 4 - 4.
This concludes the season for both teams.
The league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season, followed by the post-season going on now.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Three-Position Air Rifle match. The match is modeled after Olympic Rifle competitions but adapted to high school age athletes. Each athlete will shoot 20 shots in three different shooting positions, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 60 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team of 5 athletes.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://rezults.scopos.tech/league/1.1.2024111815230554.3/
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2024112611241795.1
Saint Thomas Academy team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2687
American Legion Post 72 team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2688
02 - 08 Dec 2024